Raymond, Yago (Date of defense: 2021-09-13)
Bone grafting is a common medical practice in today’s society, being bone the second most transplanted tissue worldwide after blood. Therefore, it represents a field of major interest for both, biomedical ...
Minguela Díaz, Joaquim (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)
Tetragonal polycrystalline zirconia doped with 3 mol% yttria (3Y-TZP) has become one of the most popular dental ceramics. Thanks to its outstanding mechanical properties (including high hardness. ...
Sánchez Artigas, Marina (Date of defense: 2021-02-17)
This doctoral thesis has been carried out at the company VAC-TRON S.A., together with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, in the Besós (EEBE) and ...
Kamrani Moghadam, Mohammad Reza (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)
The current thesis takes place within the context of the projects MAT2016-80045-R "Aplicaciones industriales de compuestos y mezclas basados en REX-PLA" and the project "PLAIABS Blends: Recydability and ...
Tovar Vargas, Daniela (Date of defense: 2021-07-20)
In recent years, zirconia ceramics have been used in many applications. Some of them include tool forming due to its high strength and fracture toughness, thermal barrier coatings on turbines engines ...
Besharatloo, Hossein (Date of defense: 2021-05-13)
This thesis is dedicated to understanding the micromechanical properties of multiphase materials which are indispensable in today’s engineering applications. The mechanical behavior of these materials ...
Torres Garrido, Diego (Date of defense: 2021-10-07)
Titanium (Ti) has been used for decades for bone prostheses due to its mechanical performance and good biocompatibility. However, the stress shielding effect, as a result of the stiffness mismatch between ...
Frómeta Gutiérrez, David (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)
Automotive designers are constantly facing new challenges to meet the more and more stringent safety and CO2 emission legislations. Concerning the latter, vehicle lightweighting has become one of the ...
Gamonal Repiso, Pablo (Date of defense: 2021-07-22)
The present PhD thesis is framed within a collaborative project in which institutions such as the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona-Tech, the Centre Català del Plàstic and SEAT S.A have ...
Vidal Girona, Elia (Date of defense: 2021-02-12)
Titanium (Ti) and Ti alloys have been used for decades for bone implants and prostheses due to its mechanical reliability and good biocompatibility. However, implant-related infections, lack of ...
620 - Materials testing. Commercial materials. Economics of energy (11)
66 - Chemical technology. Chemical and related industries. Metallurgy (4)
616.7 - Pathology of the organs of locomotion. Skeletal and locomotor systems (2)
617 - Surgery. Orthopaedics. Ophthalmology (2)